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you talk about the issue surrounding the romney campaign and an outside romney campaign adviser told you in the book they haven't been able to grapple with the central issue that they face as campaign which is in the absence of a candidate who has any poetry or any ability to connect on the emotional level how do you create a bond? if you are a supercharismatic candidate like john mccain, they ran without a bold agenda, because they have a more emotional and values way to connect to the voters, but this guy does not have it. he has the warmth of a wall street ceo. evan, essential he connect at some point for the voters say, i can't have a beer with him, but i think that he can turn the economy around. >> well, as you were saying at the top of the show, if the economy tanks and unemployment is way up, he can win by default, but sure, he's got to do better than he has done. he has been a bad politician. he has to find some way to be and i don't like this word, but relatable, and some way to relate to voters, and they have not figured it out. they will try. you will see a lot more of ro
you talk about the issue surrounding the romney campaign and an outside romney campaign adviser told you in the book they haven't been able to grapple with the central issue that they face as campaign which is in the absence of a candidate who has any poetry or any ability to connect on the emotional level how do you create a bond? if you are a supercharismatic candidate like john mccain, they ran without a bold agenda, because they have a more emotional and values way to connect to the voters,...
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you cover romney all the time. i was reading that romney has what she just said. their campaign is prosecution. you tried it, you b blew it. is that it? >> sure. that's absolutely what it is. like she said, the president has failed. she have been itching to run against this president and they keep getting bogged down, running thains their opponents in the g.o.p. primary. they're spending time trying to get delegates to beat santorum. chris: there was a negative attack on santorum. they can't put these guys away with that kind of negative campaign. why do they think they can put obama away with it? >> that's the big question. what they've had up to now is an overwhelming financial advantage on tv. chris: air superiority, to use a phrase. >> exactly. they've come in and beat up the other guys and they've come out on top barely. they're not going to be able to do that against the president in the fall. his financial advantage goigs to be at least on par, if not overwhelming. chris: the president will play defense. he's saying we've got the economy coming back. we too
you cover romney all the time. i was reading that romney has what she just said. their campaign is prosecution. you tried it, you b blew it. is that it? >> sure. that's absolutely what it is. like she said, the president has failed. she have been itching to run against this president and they keep getting bogged down, running thains their opponents in the g.o.p. primary. they're spending time trying to get delegates to beat santorum. chris: there was a negative attack on santorum. they...
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anyway, this may explain why romney is inrouble because of ut t tnk har joing is ward fineman and joe klein of the times. let's take a look at the two polls. the two key states ohio and florida. according to "the washington post," president obama has a four-point lead over mitt romney in florida. four points downheren a ry tough state. 51%,/47% for obama. in ohio, the president's lead is a more comfortable eight points. 52/44. that's dramatic. we have joining us -- let's take a look at that for a minute. howard fineman, thanyou for joing us, and joe klein of "time" magazine. ank you. strikes me the mberput out night, and i'm going to get all through them, shows a party obliterated to reality. she don't seem to watch the news. don't seem to know the huge fight that went on when we realized there was no weapons of mass destruction in iraq. that was the whole rlity we lived in, the disillusionment on the right, the confuon in the middle, the anger on the left. they didn't even experience that riod of time? >> well, chris, to put a charitably, i think the republican party today is the nos
anyway, this may explain why romney is inrouble because of ut t tnk har joing is ward fineman and joe klein of the times. let's take a look at the two polls. the two key states ohio and florida. according to "the washington post," president obama has a four-point lead over mitt romney in florida. four points downheren a ry tough state. 51%,/47% for obama. in ohio, the president's lead is a more comfortable eight points. 52/44. that's dramatic. we have joining us -- let's take a look...
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here romney, you know, romney hasn't done that at all. if he had doubled down on who he is, if he had said, if he had picked rob portman and said this guy knows more about the federal budget and federal government than anybody i know, the two of us, that's our job. our job is to get this thing back on track and that's why i picked him that would have at least doubled down on the message that he'going to make things better. >> rose: would it have put ohio in play. >> yeah i thought before he made the pick that ryan would be a bad pick politically. after the first few days i thought this is work out better than i thought it would. >> rose: and today? >> today i think people did not talk about is ryan qualified to be vice president. i thought he is a young guy and younger looking guyment that has not been much of the debate. if he gets to the fall he does well in dedebate people will say that say a good governing pick, goopick for the right reasons, i think this could work out to be a net plus. >> did the romney team see this as a roll of th
here romney, you know, romney hasn't done that at all. if he had doubled down on who he is, if he had said, if he had picked rob portman and said this guy knows more about the federal budget and federal government than anybody i know, the two of us, that's our job. our job is to get this thing back on track and that's why i picked him that would have at least doubled down on the message that he'going to make things better. >> rose: would it have put ohio in play. >> yeah i thought...
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he is not mitt romney! >> but the problem is that bad luck isn't ideologically convenient for republicans. >> no. this time he needs to make up ground and he's not making it up this day. thank you, howard fineman. thank you, joe klein. >>> coming up, my interview with newt gingrich. he's taken on mitt romney and it's getting personal. you're watching "hardball" from manchester, just four days before the new hampshire primary. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be. ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. and hello to "whoa, yum." use campbell's cream of chicken soup to make easy enchiladas, cheesy chicken & rice, and other chicken dishes that are oh...so...whoa. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. flavored with real honey. powerful cold
he is not mitt romney! >> but the problem is that bad luck isn't ideologically convenient for republicans. >> no. this time he needs to make up ground and he's not making it up this day. thank you, howard fineman. thank you, joe klein. >>> coming up, my interview with newt gingrich. he's taken on mitt romney and it's getting personal. you're watching "hardball" from manchester, just four days before the new hampshire primary. we'll be right back. [ male announcer...
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he is not mitt romney! >> but the problem is that bad luck isn't ideologically convenient for republicans. >> no. this time he needs to make up ground and he's not making it up this day. thank you, howard fineman. thank you, joe klein. >>> coming up, my interview with newt gingrich. he's taken on mitt romney and it's getting personal. you're watching "hardball" from manchester, just four days before the new hampshire primary. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for unsurpassed fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion. could've had a v8. >>> welcome back to "hardball." newt gingrich is campaigning hard in new hampshire, following a dramatic fall in the polls, due in large part to a barrage of negative ads run by a pro-romney super pac called restore our future. i caught up with the former speaker in meredith, new hampshire, late last night and i got his criticism of his two chief rivals now, mitt romney and rick santorum
he is not mitt romney! >> but the problem is that bad luck isn't ideologically convenient for republicans. >> no. this time he needs to make up ground and he's not making it up this day. thank you, howard fineman. thank you, joe klein. >>> coming up, my interview with newt gingrich. he's taken on mitt romney and it's getting personal. you're watching "hardball" from manchester, just four days before the new hampshire primary. we'll be right back. [ male announcer...
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and romney in a tie, 44 to 44. also on monday, the bus will also go through wisconsin, where the recent marquette poll shows president obama with 51% to mitt romney's 43%. and the bus tour will end next tuesday in michigan, where the most recent poll by epic mra shows them in a statistical tie with romney at 46% and president obama at 45%. today, the obama campaign kicked off its road to recovery tour, what it's calling the road to recovery tour, highlighting the impact of the auto rescue on businesses and communities across michigan. it comes as the obama campaign and the romney campaign are each trying to capitalize on comments their opponents made last week about the economy. president obama said this friday while taking questions in the white house briefing room. >> we've created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months. over 800,000 just this year alone. the private sector's doing fine. where we're seeing weakness is in our economy, have to do with state and local government. and so, you know, if republicans w
and romney in a tie, 44 to 44. also on monday, the bus will also go through wisconsin, where the recent marquette poll shows president obama with 51% to mitt romney's 43%. and the bus tour will end next tuesday in michigan, where the most recent poll by epic mra shows them in a statistical tie with romney at 46% and president obama at 45%. today, the obama campaign kicked off its road to recovery tour, what it's calling the road to recovery tour, highlighting the impact of the auto rescue on...
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i had this feeling tonight watching gingrich and watching romney, romney prepares. he goes into debate prep sessions. he gets things, he memorizes things. he phrases them well. and gingrich, i have the feeling there's not that much prep involved. that he's actually just standing back in the batter's box waiting for his pitch, looking for that john king pitch that he can just knock right out of the park. if that pitch doesn't come, the magic doesn't happen. >> but newt gingrich has been doing this every day since he left the speaker's job and every day before that and when he ran for congress. this is a man who has been on a constant loop of being a politician someplace in here speaking on a wide variety of issues. so he's tuned up and ready to dance whenever the music starts. i don't think that's a real problem for him. >> chris, when it came to that question about the investments in freddie mac -- and by the way, this mutual fund that mitt romney was talking about was called something like the government fund mutual fund. it's very -- half of it at least was freddi
i had this feeling tonight watching gingrich and watching romney, romney prepares. he goes into debate prep sessions. he gets things, he memorizes things. he phrases them well. and gingrich, i have the feeling there's not that much prep involved. that he's actually just standing back in the batter's box waiting for his pitch, looking for that john king pitch that he can just knock right out of the park. if that pitch doesn't come, the magic doesn't happen. >> but newt gingrich has been...
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>> well, i'm not going to go after mitt romney. i may define the reality of a reagan conservative and massachusetts moderate. i may describe the difference between cutting taxes and raising taxes, or being right to life and putting planned parenthood into romney care. that is the most i have to do. i don't get there "go after" stuff. they used to say douglas was the best lawyer in illinois with a bad case. the trick is try to find a good case. the case is good you can be relaxed and happy. i was for ronald reagan in the 1980's. romney wasn't. that is not hard to say. you can see it happily. i'm happy that i was for ronald reagan in the 1980's. >> you are not worried then about coming across to viewers maybe even in south carolina, florida and beyond new hampshire as negative? >> i don't think telling the truth in a happy pleasant way comes across as negative. it may come across as the truth. you have to ask governor romney how he was about describing his record. >> he has a website and you said it is not-romney.org. how can i run f
>> well, i'm not going to go after mitt romney. i may define the reality of a reagan conservative and massachusetts moderate. i may describe the difference between cutting taxes and raising taxes, or being right to life and putting planned parenthood into romney care. that is the most i have to do. i don't get there "go after" stuff. they used to say douglas was the best lawyer in illinois with a bad case. the trick is try to find a good case. the case is good you can be relaxed...
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romney as being moochers. he's playing to a conservative script. >> we can't be nostradamus, has to listen to what he says and say that's what he thinks. if we want to think he's a dis-sembler or lying, but i'm not going to say that. he doesn't believe in the earned income tax which has taken a lot of people off the tax rolls for reasons ronald reagan prudently predicted. >> we don't know what he would do. >> he hasn't said. >> i don't know what he would do with those things. >> i don't want to make the same mistake among the three of us here that mitt romney made and that's conflating certain groups. saying 47% of people don't pay taxes is not the same thing as teague there are takers in the society. what percentage of people are actually dependant on the government, not as high as 47%, not nearly as high, but those are two different groups, those that get checks from the government and don't pay taxes and the third group romney conflated, those will vote for president obama. >> what happens to taxes, my ques
romney as being moochers. he's playing to a conservative script. >> we can't be nostradamus, has to listen to what he says and say that's what he thinks. if we want to think he's a dis-sembler or lying, but i'm not going to say that. he doesn't believe in the earned income tax which has taken a lot of people off the tax rolls for reasons ronald reagan prudently predicted. >> we don't know what he would do. >> he hasn't said. >> i don't know what he would do with those...
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classmate, and should we not care about it because mitt romney said he had forgotten about it. >>> and now there is a new video in which walker says he plans to use a divide and conquer strategy to defeat the unions and turn wisconsin into a right to work state. his opponent tom barrett of milwaukee will join us tonight. >>> and what mitt romney may need to do about himself and prove himself with gay people. we begin with president obama's big haul last nightment rob reiner is actor and director and activist. his new film is "magic of belle isle" starring morgan freeman, and also joining us a msnbc political analyst. rob, thank you for coming on "hardball" tonight after that big event last night. you were there and a regular supportive democrat, and what was it like and what can you tell us about the feeling and the mood and the purpose and the energizing force of the evening? >> well, a great feeling in the room. first of all, there were as you said $50 million raised, but what is significant is that two thirds of the money came from the small donors, so that the majority of it did no
classmate, and should we not care about it because mitt romney said he had forgotten about it. >>> and now there is a new video in which walker says he plans to use a divide and conquer strategy to defeat the unions and turn wisconsin into a right to work state. his opponent tom barrett of milwaukee will join us tonight. >>> and what mitt romney may need to do about himself and prove himself with gay people. we begin with president obama's big haul last nightment rob reiner is...
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. >> john: here in cleveland the romney campaign is preparing. they are trying to get lots of people to watch. >> let's tighten that out a little bit. >> one presidential campaign in the fall involves 400 people, advance people, setting up the stage. >> check, one, two. >> a presidential campaign stop involves a lot of hard work. >> john: most are paid to do this. some are volunteers. the planning starts days early. >> we send people driving around and asking people, can we use campus green. >> bill ritter is director of operations for mitt romney. campaign staff make sure the right number of people show up. hillary clinton's campaign was run by patty. >> you make phone calls. you do robo calls. >> john: hillary is going to be here. do they show up? >> yes. >> john: they even advertise in the sky. >> see if the plane company can do this flash. >> john: because if the arena is bigger than the crowd it looks bad. >> the football stadium seems about 80,000 people. romney had about a thousand people in the crowd making it look like a flop. >> john: i
. >> john: here in cleveland the romney campaign is preparing. they are trying to get lots of people to watch. >> let's tighten that out a little bit. >> one presidential campaign in the fall involves 400 people, advance people, setting up the stage. >> check, one, two. >> a presidential campaign stop involves a lot of hard work. >> john: most are paid to do this. some are volunteers. the planning starts days early. >> we send people driving around and...
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all of the bush tax cuts while governor romney works on the tax reform. i think we will get hit with is a pay roll tax cut that we got several years ago. they cut it from 6-4 that is a $1,000 on a family. >> we have gotten used to that. and no one is mentioning that. and a $2000 on a family making a thousand. this is tremendous hit and my understanding that both parties agreed that has to lapse. but at our economy of 1.4 that a tremendous growth. >> it is slower now than when the president justified pushing back the rate hikes. >> you cannot let taxes go up. >> isn't there more justification now? >> if you took economic reality and you took even the democratic idea of economics. you don't raise taxing on an economy that is slowing down to one percent. >> chuck schumer will not entertain that. we mentioned that when biden had that. they had changed the math to make it more palatable. you are saying it wouldn't fly >> if president obama gets reelected. he cannot let the tax cuts for the millionaire billionaires go through for another one or two years and i
all of the bush tax cuts while governor romney works on the tax reform. i think we will get hit with is a pay roll tax cut that we got several years ago. they cut it from 6-4 that is a $1,000 on a family. >> we have gotten used to that. and no one is mentioning that. and a $2000 on a family making a thousand. this is tremendous hit and my understanding that both parties agreed that has to lapse. but at our economy of 1.4 that a tremendous growth. >> it is slower now than when the...
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bush, dole, another bush, john mccain, who talks to known democrats and now mitt romney, right? these are not the -- how come we can't get another ronald reagan, right? i've had this thesis for a long time i really need to develop which is among the differences of the party is the republican party has been a more executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic
bush, dole, another bush, john mccain, who talks to known democrats and now mitt romney, right? these are not the -- how come we can't get another ronald reagan, right? i've had this thesis for a long time i really need to develop which is among the differences of the party is the republican party has been a more executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic
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mitt romney is this kind of leader. i am excited for what lies ahead. i am still to be a part of america's comeback team. together, we will unite america and get this done. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. [cheers and applause] born free ♪ ♪free like a river raging strong ♪ ♪i was born free ♪ ♪i was born free ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> you can see more of mitt romney's a choice for his vice- presidential running mate, paul ryan, by visiting the c-span video library. mr. ryan has nearly 400 appearances in the video library. these include his speeches from the house floor, his appearance from the 2012 national convention, and his speeches as budget committee chairman. this is available at the c-span video library at c-span.org /videolibrary. mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan will campaign in north carolina and wisconsin tomorrow. during us for live coverage of their campaign stop in wisconsin tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-s
mitt romney is this kind of leader. i am excited for what lies ahead. i am still to be a part of america's comeback team. together, we will unite america and get this done. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. [cheers and applause] born free ♪ ♪free like a river raging strong ♪ ♪i was born free ♪ ♪i was born free ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> you can see more of mitt romney's a...
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why the romney campaign does not leave a minute to spare. air and i was startled by the numbers but they need to get the ads out and fast? >> look at i would this week the obama campaign says more than 100,000 ballots are from democrats versus 40,000 republicans. the obama campaign will hit them again and again. neil: i don't know the record but generally it is reflective of the moment look at the polls in favor the president. if you are mitt romney you don't have the moment to spare. >> you need to make a move quick. early voters are the hard partisans mostly the vote will not change voting today universe sixth. as strong as the psident's early voting program is as he invented the wheel so does the romney campaign and track it thoroughly. i expected to be competitive if he loses it is not due to the early voting program. but can he get ads on the ear pressed up to compete with the obama onslaught? neil: at the convention nassau lot of obama adds running six slate -- six /1. but they did seize the early initiative and but wonder if you are s
why the romney campaign does not leave a minute to spare. air and i was startled by the numbers but they need to get the ads out and fast? >> look at i would this week the obama campaign says more than 100,000 ballots are from democrats versus 40,000 republicans. the obama campaign will hit them again and again. neil: i don't know the record but generally it is reflective of the moment look at the polls in favor the president. if you are mitt romney you don't have the moment to spare....
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top political contenders mitt romney and newt gingrich are in a close battle with romney in the lead. thousands of kaiser permanente workers will be walking off the job in the largest one day strike in hmo history. they are upset over proposed cuts to employee benefits. officials have called of the underwater search for people still missing from the cruise ship disaster. investigators say it is because of dangerous rescue operations. 16 people are still listed as missing. >>mark: here is a live look from the mt. tam cam. today, partly-mostly cloudy. tomorrow is going to be a light storm. showers mostly in the north bay. thursday-sunday looks fantastic. sunny and mild. let's take a look at what is happening outside right now. temperatures in the upper 40's and low 50s. this afternoon we're looking for 58 in oakland and redwood city, warming to 59 in san jose. across the north bay, a 5 degree spread. we have clouds building for tonight in advance of the system on wednesday that should bring morning showers. >>george: your ride on the bay bridge looks good. the metering lights reactivate
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it should have been a landslide for romney had he embraced a truly conservative agenda romney is a moderate and his campaign embarked on a bizarre defense from the outset. republicans in congress performed even more dismally if that is possible. for the past four years, we conservatives have been telling the republicans in congress that -- they have been telling us that they would choose to fight when we take the senate in 2012. time and again, the conservatives warned of the senate leadership that when was if and it would never materialistze. we were ignored. we expressed to the house leadership that symbolic, meaningless votes are useless. only a forceful agenda to address the looming entitlement crisis that threatens to bankrupt us while ridding american of the unnecessary, the immoral, and the inefficient would suffice. they should honor their solemn commitments. we suggested that they demand and embrace the return of constitutional government. we were told a response that when we take the senate all things would be done. then they fumigated the room and we left for the end result was p
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how much more can you lower rates for mitt romney? we are talking about a tax scandal of rich people -- >> but that is because of all the deductions and loopholes. blunt, 1986 -- one thing to say about ronald reagan , they were o'neill instrumental, but bob packwood and danny rostenkowski -- >> added them to the list. >> since then, we have done nothing to the tax code but put in credits for the socially worthy, whether it is insulation, giving to diabetes, what ever else -- >> nascar, all sorts of stuff. >> we have a member who has a history in the banking industry. >> don't reminded me. that excludes him from the discussion. >> i want to say one thing about the tax policy, because we hear this as a liberal organization -- >> that is what the romney campaign says. >> they have an adviser to president george h.w. bush. this is not some liberal organization, not a profession obama establishment. it was done for the brookings institution. the analysis of the romney tax plan just as not at all. mathematically, it does not work. you may n
how much more can you lower rates for mitt romney? we are talking about a tax scandal of rich people -- >> but that is because of all the deductions and loopholes. blunt, 1986 -- one thing to say about ronald reagan , they were o'neill instrumental, but bob packwood and danny rostenkowski -- >> added them to the list. >> since then, we have done nothing to the tax code but put in credits for the socially worthy, whether it is insulation, giving to diabetes, what ever else --...
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you know, and i hear a lot from mitt romney about school choice. that's red meat for the base, of course, but you know, 90% of american kids go to a public school. public schools are losing teachers, bill, they're losing music programs. middle class families are paying for their kids to be in sports. >> i know. >> classes are bigger. how would romney's policies benefit the vast majority of students in public schools? if you focus on choice, are you neglecting the fact that we need to fix the public schools? >> no, we do need to fix the public schools, but i think the best way to fix them is through competition. there's been too much emphasis on the schools, not enough on the students, and therefore, we've thought about the resources schools have as the primary concern rather than whether students are learning. if you take -- not to get overly complicated, but if you take title one, chapter one, which is one of the largest single education programs. it helps kids way behind in math and reading. you strap the money to the back of the children, let th
you know, and i hear a lot from mitt romney about school choice. that's red meat for the base, of course, but you know, 90% of american kids go to a public school. public schools are losing teachers, bill, they're losing music programs. middle class families are paying for their kids to be in sports. >> i know. >> classes are bigger. how would romney's policies benefit the vast majority of students in public schools? if you focus on choice, are you neglecting the fact that we need...